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3rd in NFC West
Levi's Stadium
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John Lynch Jr
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Mohamed Sanu Sr.
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The San Francisco 49ers were charter members of the All-America Football Conference, which began play in 1946. Had it not been for the Browns, who won four championships and lost only four games in the league's four years of operation, the 49ers would have been the AAFC's dominant team. Their cumulative record was an excellent 39-15-2. They handed the Browns two of their four defeats but finish...
The San Francisco 49ers were charter members of the All-America Football Conference, which began play in 1946. Had it not been for the Browns, who won four championships and lost only four games in the league's four years of operation, the 49ers w...
Founded: 6/4/1944
Founded by: Tony Morabito
First Game: 21-17 loss to the New York Yanks
First Draft Pick: Leo Nomellini
First Head Coach: Buck Shaw
First Arena: Kezar Stadium
The San Francisco 49ers were charter members of the All-America Football Conference, which began play in 1946. Had it not been for the Browns, who won four championships and lost only four games in the league's four years of operation, the 49ers would have been the AAFC's dominant team. Their cumulative record was an excellent 39-15-2. They handed the Browns two of their four defeats but finished second each year. Even in attendance, the 49ers were second best in the AAFC next to Cleveland.
When the 49ers moved to the NFL in 1950 following the collapse of the AAFC, their original management team -- co-owners Anthony J. Morabito and Victor P. Morabito and general manager Louis Spadia -- remained intact. The 49ers in the 1950s boasted of some of the game's great individual stars: quarterbacks Frankie Albert and Y. A. Tittle, running backs Hugh McElhenny, Joe Perry and John Henry Johnson, tackle Bob St. Clair and defensive tackle Leo Nomellini. But the closest they came to a championship in their first two decades of NFL play was in 1957 when they tied Detroit for the NFL Western division crown but lost in a playoff.
San Francisco flirted with success in 1970, 1971 and 1972, when the 49ers won three straight NFC Western division titles. Every year, they were eliminated by the Dallas Cowboys, in the NFC championship games 1970 and 1971 and in the first playoff round in 1972. In 1971, the 49ers moved their home games from antiquated Kezar Stadium to 68,491-seat Candlestick Park.
A bright new era dawned for the 49ers on March 31, 1977, when Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. became the new team owner. He dedicated himself to transforming a team that never won a league championship into a pro football power. In 1979, DeBartolo selected Bill Walsh, renowned as an offensive specialist, as the 49ers head coach. It took Walsh just three seasons to bring San Francisco its first-ever league championship with a 26-21 win over Cincinnati in Super Bowl XVI.
San Francisco also won the NFC West in 1983 and did even better in 1984 with 18 wins in 19 games and a 38-16 Super Bowl XIX victory over the Miami Dolphins. Walsh concluded his pro coaching career after a last-second 20-16 victory over Cincinnati in Super Bowl XXIII. In 10 years, Walsh compiled a 102-62-1 record and won six NFC West titles and three Super Bowls.
The 49ers of the 1980s were loaded with a group of young superstars including quarterback Joe Montana, receivers Dwight Clark and Jerry Rice, running back Roger Craig and defensive back Ronnie Lott. George Seifert, who replaced Walsh, continued to take full advantage of the existing talent. Careful personnel planning paid off as capable new players were on hand when veteran stars retired. A perfect example is the quarterback position where Steve Young was on hand to replace Montana, who battled a series of injuries before leaving the 49ers.
Seifert's record as the 49ers headman was awesome, with two Super Bowl wins -- a 55-10 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV and a 49-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX.
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Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences - Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Igor Kamenkovich is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Kamenkovich is studying ocean dynamics and its role in climate, and his research has focused on mesoscale (tens to hundreds of kilometers) and large-scale (hundreds to thousands of kilometers) currents, and on how these currents influence the atmosphere. Kamenkovich combines theory, numerical models and observational data to achieve the most complete understanding of these complex processes
Department of Ocean Sciences
Kamenkovich Research Group
1997 Ph.D. Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kamenkovich has published around 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters and collaborated with many prominent scientists around the World. Kamenkovich received his PhD from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program in Physical Oceanography. After completing his postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he worked as research faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle. Kamenkovich moved to sunny South Florida in 2007, where he joined the faculty at the University of Miami.
Awards and Leadership Positions
Kamenkovich has lead several projects funded by the National Science Foundation and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He served on a US CLIVAR Process Study and Model Improvement Panel and co-chaired the US CLIVAR Working Group on the Southern Ocean. Kamenkovich was a convener of several sessions at major international meetings
Climate and Global Change | MSC 220
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II | MPO 611
Mesoscale Oceanography | MPO 675
Kamenkovich uses numerical models of ocean circulation in most of his studies. Some of these models are made as realistic as possible, whereas others are designed to capture only the most important processes and to make the analysis more transparent. Careful design of numerical experiments and analysis of the data these experiments produce help to understand the most important mechanisms in the ocean and climate system. Whenever possible, Kamenkovich uses observational data to verify that these numerical models represent reality and employs theory to interpret model results.
Service at UM and for the Wider Scientific Community
Kamenkovich has developed and lead a Masters of Professional Science track on Natural Hazards and Catastrophes, which is focused on assessing the risks associated with such catastrophic events as major hurricanes and earthquakes and prepares students for careers in private and civic sectors. He has recently assumed the role of the director of the Marine Science Undergraduate Program.

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Memoirs and historical fiction captivate the reader with rich, life-like characters and detailed descriptive settings. What we may not realize we're getting in these stories: well-researched history lessons. A foundational knowledge of contemporary Russian history and politics plays an important role in understanding global events and America's developing relationship with Russia. To that end, here are four compelling author-speakers whose stories and personal experiences provide crucial insights about the topic:
Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in an attic room of a high-end hotel while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding. Towles fills his pages with a cast of captivating characters—Soviet leaders, diplomats, international businessmen, and dissidents—whose comings and goings from the hotel provide a lens to the outside world and help readers understand modern-day Russia and its relationship to the rest of the world. "Russian history definitely would not be history without politics," says reviewer, Jean Lewis. "But here Towles subtlety allows us glimpses and brings real historic personages into play. I found it a fascinating way to learn." This novel allows you to learn about 20th century Russia, wrapped in a very entertaining story full of eccentric and vividly painted characters that you won't soon forget.
Lev Golinkin, A Backpack, A Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka
In the twilight of the Cold War, nine-year-old Lev Golinkin and his family cross the Soviet border with only ten suitcases, $600, and a vague promise of help waiting in Vienna. Lev's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. His op-eds and essays on the Ukraine crisis have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and Time.com, among others.
Elena Gorokhova, Russian Tattoo
In her captivating memoir, Elena chronicles her experiences as a twenty-something woman emigrating from Russia to the US in the 1980s. Freshly married to (and inevitably divorced from) an American exchange student, Elena begins the process of rediscovering herself in a culture dramatically disparate from that of her homeland and becomes disoriented by seemingly mundane things such as how to eat a hamburger, buy a pair of shoes, or catch a bus. Russian Tattoo speaks to the turbulent life of a young woman searching for identity in the midst of strangeness while clinging to the familiarity of her past.
Naveed Jamali, How to Catch a Russian Spy
For three years, Naveed Jamali spied on America for the Russians, trading thumb drives of sensitive data for cash. Or so the Russians believed. In fact, the young American civilian was a covert FBI double agent. After getting to play the role of a real-life James Bond, Naveed accepted a commission in the US Navy. He is now an exclusive intelligence analyst to MSNBC, especially related to their Russian coverage, and he's expected to brief Congress on Russia in the near future. How to Catch a Russian Spy is the fast-paced account of intrigue and espionage in post-Cold War New York and the true story of a young American civilian who helped bring down a top Russian intelligence agent on American soil.
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Yikes! I think my daughter-in-law has this! I'm going to send her an email right now with a link to your post. Thanks for getting the message out there.


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Live: The Empire is a live recording by Pete Townshend. The music was recorded at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on 9 November 1998 and released as a double CD on 18 September 2000 by UK company Eel Pie Recording Productions Ltd.  This concert marked Pete Townshend's return to the UK stage as a solo artist after an absence of 13 years. He was backed by musicians including John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Chucho Merchán and Peter Hope Evans, as well as freestyle rapper Hame.

Track listing
"On the Road Again"
"A Little Is Enough"
"Pinball Wizard"
"Drowned"
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"
"You Better You Bet"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Baby Don't You Do It"
"English Boy"
"Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"
"Sheraton Gibson"
"Substitute"
"I Am an Animal"
"North Country Girl"
"(She's A) Sensation"
"A Friend Is a Friend"
"Now and Then"
"Let My Love Open the Door"
"Who Are You"
"The Kids Are Alright"
"Acid Queen"
"Won't Get Fooled Again"
"Magic Bus"
"I'm One"

References

2000 live albums
Pete Townshend live albums

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2019 Albums of the Year; 20–11.
20. Nivhek — After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
Temporal Hovering
This record feels like sitting through a religious gathering, a mass in a cathedral made of crystal and glass and gauze and dried branches. It goes on for startling long periods of time wherein you'll hear instruments and voices and voices as instruments. You'll be locked in conversation with your own thoughts for points in time that feel stretched out infinitely, examining and calculating singular instances. You'll focus. This is like one stripped down step away from Sigur Ros, eliminating the choral vocals that guide the stream of consciousness to an outer place that shimmers in the color of Aurora Borealis and instead lines a dim fire with bells and runes, a minimal sonic environment that disassembles you.
Check Out: Walking In a Spiral Towards the House: Side D
19. American Football — LP3
Another band locked into a state of Legacy by their debut LP. American Football's second record proved that their initial release wasn't simply a fluke. The musical chemistry represented by Kinsella and Co. is a marvel to behold, one which feels like watching a troupe of acrobats work in tandem with one another without skipping a beat or having a misstep. Guitar notes collide and ricochet like fireworks, forming controlled and beautiful blossoms amidst explosions. Back to back, some of the cameos by Hayley Williams and Elizabeth Powell add a sweet nectar of voice to Mike's already glossy and effortless contribution. Lyrically, this record pummels you with self reflection and the observations that we are accountable for so many of the faults and failures that we experience. It goes a step further, constantly acknowledging the burden that he has been on family and friends around him. With age, the music has become less chaotic and more siphoned, a clear vision of the way that we have let others down. This doesn't ask for forgiveness but instead reaches out and wants someone to know that HE knows: "Hey, this was my fault. And I deserve nothing in return."
Check Out: Every Wave to Ever Rise
18. Year of the Knife — Ultimate Aggression
I love how this record begins with simply the letters of the band name and some counting. Then pure, frenzied breakdowns. Such utilitarian, pristine commitment to the craft. This record gives me the same feeling I have while watching skate or bmx videos. I don't know what's going to happen next, but I know it's either going to feel cool or feel painful. They have unironic parts that precede breakdowns, those "chuggy-chug-chuggy-chug"s that exist in desolate space that make you say "oh, SHIT" because you know things are about to go absolutely mental. This record might take home the award for Most Accurate Album Title of the Year. Some brilliant riff odes to all time greats. I believe Dimebag would be proud of so much of the work present here.
Check Out: Blue Lies
17. Hikes — Mahal Kita
Meditations Via Noodling Guitars
The moment I first heard Extra Mile, the second track on this record, I instantly knew it was going to be a special one. The way the singer's voice rested right on that brink of a feminine bloom and a higher register male vocale hit me square in the Favorites portion of my brain. And the guitars, boy. The spiderwebbing and basket weaving of the notes as they dashed in and out of lively tree trunks in a forest clearing is spritely and beautiful. Big and boisterous and round but pulling back enough to have pinpoint precision. There is a personal eye-contact intimacy here, like shared secrets. I found throughout the album that there feels an almost traditional asian influence in the way some of the dancing notes play with each other. I think they somehow found a way to extract the sound of dreams with that little bent note they use on Aurora as well.
Check Out: Aurora
16. Seizures — Reverie of the Revolving Diamond
Hardcore With a Heart of Jazz
When I first heard this album, I couldn't find a rung on which to climb the ladder of its process. But the more I thought back on what this album contained, I adored it. It conceptually was exactly what I want albums of this level of aggression to be. It never stops spinning and moving, and most importantly evolving. The timings are all over the place, the songs are arranged like ransom note clippings. And jesus, do they attack. The frames that they arrange are absolutely beautiful and show meticulous attention to detail of the heart. Conversely, the elements of aggression show the same orientation to nuance and refinement, but they are air tight fists and gnashing teeth. There is a level of genuine fury here that stings, that repels. In a genre that often relies on the gradual build up (and the quality and success of this portion) of and the payoff thereafter (and the quality and result of this portion), this record takes a little bit more of a "shut up and listen" approach, not always paying off in direct and climactic reward, but grand scale gratification.
Check Out: In a Valley of Twilit Meres
15. Billie Eilish — When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Dark ASMR Pop
Billie Eilish was a character in all of our lives this year. Whether it was advertising Bose headphones on our IG feed, hearing "Bad Guy" on the radio, or just wondering "who is this dead-eyed young woman on our pop star television program?", she was in front of you. All year. And what's more, her album is actually very good. I don't know if I ever landed on anything from it that I loved, but the sound from front to back is fantastic. Something new and different and while there are hooks and well-written songs, they still ride along in the back of your mind without throwing themselves in your face like a product. They're an environment all their own. Her love of pixelated post-production adds a genre all of its own to the songs. I think that's the one thing that brings it all together for me. The sound on this record makes you feel like you are directly inside her mind, her thoughts revving through a neon black highway with TRON-esque street lamps popping up on the horizon every few miles or so. There is that visceral deep pulse that used to be found so interesting back when dubstep was exploding, but it's used in a much more interesting fashion. Far more restraint, used with a lot more of a special feeling. There are a lot of moments in this record where she backs off from the sensual assault and stands back, emerges from a liquid spotlight and takes on the same kind of psychic drilling that Fiona Apple is capable of, singing directly to your cortex.
Check Out: Xanny
14. Earth — Full Upon Her Burning Lips
Desert Wandering and a Guitar
The first record I heard from Dylan Carlson and Earth was The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull, and it set an impeccable standard that few records I've come across can match. It was evil in ritualistic ways, coiled in upon itself like the ripe painful heart of Man. It felt sinful like an artifact discovered in a terrible ruin. And from this rosetta stone of an album, I followed the band hungrily, waiting for the black portal to open up and pour forth wretchedness again and again. It was never particularly clear why I found a blackness here. It wasn't demonic like metal or hellish music. Instead it had the kind of creeping terror that the homeless men asking for a light in Twin Peaks had. It had the haunting menace of Daniel Plainview. The record is primarily guitar sound carried heavily and longingly across lengthy notes and breathy rests, internal thoughts bared over studio sessions. In their stripped down state, they speak directly to you, telegraphs sent in radio silence. This is poetry in full amber notes played one at a time on gilded guitar strings. There are moments during Descending Belladonna where I honestly think I suspend all organic perspective and witness Creation. And that's really what Earth and their entire catalog has been about for me: stretching out time to its thinnest point and seeing across it to a hundred different points outside of the exoskeleton. If music doesn't always have to be entertainment and joy, if music can instead represent the liquid sentience of thought for you, this record needs to be in your collection.
Check Out: Descending Belladonna
13. Mannequin Pussy — Patience
Shut Up and Listen
I had this record lined up back to back with The Get Up Kids new record, and while I don't think it sounds even remotely identical, there are some similarities in the way the songs come together. They're fast, they're crisp, and they have a little tinge of that same DIY style, but produced and tweaked to a more professional sheen. The similarities end there, though. There oscillates waves of both beauty and aggression that border on both the frenzy of Gouge Away and the fuzz of Silversun Pickups. This is an incredibly raw record that bares itself over and over and over again, not begging your pity but demanding your attention and once it has you engaged, it makes you want to put the energy into your heart, your mind, your spirit and charge forward and help that which needs to grow to thrive, and that which needs to be eradicated to be vanquished. It's stunning that there is such a weaponized fury here in a subdued and tranquil space, strobing back and forth between enormous highs and visceral lows. The record ends with a long pulse of solitary thought, one which ties the entire bouquet of rage and introspect to culminate together into a woven singularity, one which allows you to take inventory of all you've heard and cover yourself in it, to examine it and reflect on how it's not only this band's journey, but your own as well. When stripped down, this is such a deeply personal record. Impossible to miss.
Check Out: Fear/+/Desire
12. As Cities Burn — Scream Through the Walls
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Q: Plotting only certain dates in an array I am new to python programming, and have been trying to put together a plot of numbers against dates. The only problem is, when I go to plot it individually seems to show every single date in my range of dates. Consequently the x axis is completely illegible. Is there some way to keep all my data points, but have the x axis only display dates by the month, or something similar?
The code, with some sample data, is as below:
import datetime as dt
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
dates=['1/08/2015', '2/08/2015', '1/09/2015', '2/09/2015', '3/09/2015','4/09/2015', '5/09/2015', '1/10/2015', '2/11/2015', '3/11/2015', '4/11/2015', '5/11/2015', '1/12/2015', '2/12/2015', '1/01/2016', '2/01/2016', '3/01/2016', '1/02/2016', '2/02/2016', '3/02/2016', '4/02/2016', '1/03/2016', '6/03/2016', '1/04/2016', '2/05/2016', '1/06/2016', '1/07/2016', '2/07/2016', '3/07/2016', '4/07/2016', '5/07/2016', '1/08/2016', '2/08/2016', '3/08/2016']
converteddates= [dt.datetime.strptime(d, '%d/%m/%Y').date() for d in dates]
data=range(len(converteddates))
plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%d/%m/%Y'))
plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.DayLocator())
plt.plot(converteddates,data)
plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate()
plt.show()

A: You should be using MonthLocator (DayLocator's job is to put ticks at everyday):
plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.MonthLocator())
plt.plot(converteddates,data)
plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate()

But a better approach might be:
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot_date(converteddates, data)

and if it still doesn't like your dates, then set the ticks and labels underneath:
ax.set_xticks(converteddates)
strdates = [d.strftime("%d/%m/%Y") for d in converteddates]
ax.set_xticklabels(strdates, rotation="45")

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Breaking Down March 2019's Playlist: Sitting with Emotions
By Lydia | Published March 24, 2019
Welcome to the monthly series where I write about the ideas and inspiration behind the Spotify playlists I release on the first of every month.
Lately I've dedicated a good amount of time studying and practicing meditation. One of the practices I found myself most intrigued by in the past month was a type that has you sit with all types of emotions — enjoyable, challenging and everything in between.
This month's playlist is a musical journey through that meditation practice. The arrangement of songs took me chronologically through moments when I've felt empowered, joyful, in love, nostalgic, sad, angry, open-minded, carefree, passionate, and empowered once again. The list of emotions certainly isn't exhaustive, but it touches on a lot of the things I've been reflecting on through this practice. I figured I'd explain or tell a couple stories about just a couple of them. I don't expect you to have any considerable connection to the actual experiences, but knowing that these journeys are something we all go through as humans, I hope it serves as a starting point to explore, remember and sit with different emotions you've felt throughout your life.
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Also tagged Featured, Lauryn Hill, M.I.A., nina simone, samm henshaw, Straight Talk Sunday
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Panama – It's Not Over
By Lydia | Published November 13, 2012
Panama is Australian label Future Classic's latest signing. The band is made up of Jarrah McCleary, an Australian himself who learned to play classic piano at the age of six. McCleary had once formed a band called The Dirty Secrets, who got to work with legendary producer and engineer Nick Terry. They did quite well for themselves, making it to big-name festivals around the world. But in early 2011, McCleary headed toward Los Angeles. The Dirty Secrets quickly became something very different, something very LA. The band's bio describes the transition beautifully:
a short summer experience in the 'city where dreams are made' lead to tracks tinged with hints of hopeful house music strewn with the sleaziness of Venice beach and too much free poured tequila. Heavily steeped in sunburn, the scent of coconut, beer drinking on the promenade and bikini-clad girls on roller-skates – the band was faced with no other option than to create a new project – and so, Panama was born.
Panama just crossed my radar for the first time today with this track "It's Not Over," and I'm immediately feeling the urge to dive into this pool of crystal clear, blue water and go exploring. Anybody else feel a bit like they're snorkling and looking at awesome underwater wildlife when they listen to this song? Or maybe it's just because the picture here is the background of their website.
You say you wish you were younger, so you can make mistakes again
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Can you create a code your opponent can't crack? In this classic two-player strategy game, the rules are simple; one player acts as code-maker and arranges four colored pegs behind a shield on his/her end of the board. Then it's up to the code-breaker to crack the code, guessing at the sequence of pegs the code-maker placed, and trying to duplicate it on the board. After the code-breaker places a row of four pegs, the code-maker uses small white and red pegs to give the code-breaker feedback. A white peg means that the code-breaker has chosen a peg of the right color, but it's in the wrong position. A red peg means that one of the four pegs is the correct color and in the right position. The catch is that the code-breaker has no way to know which one of his pegs is right without some trial and error! Play continues until either all ten rows have been filled unsuccessfully or the code-breaker breaks the code. The code-maker gets points for each row of pegs filled by the code-breaker, or 11 points if the code is not cracked. Then it's time to switch roles and play again. Simple to learn but challenging every time, everyone can enjoy this brain-twisting challenge.
Test your code-cracking prowess with Mastermind, the challenging game of logic and deduction. Can you crack the code in 10 moves or less? Can you create a code that can't be cracked? With more than 55 million units sold, Mastermind is a great strategy game…and one of the world's most popular games ever. It's easy to learn and fast to play and with thousands of code possibilities, it's different every time. The Codemaker sets a secret code, then the Codebreaker tries to match the code using logic, deduction and maybe a little bit of luck. After each move, the Codemaker gives clues to the Codebreaker. Make the code even more devious by using multiple pegs of the same color or by leaving one or more peg holes empty. With so many possible code combinations, every game is guaranteed to be a brainteaser. All of these game components can be stored in the game board! The winner will be a true Mastermind! For 2 players, ages 8 and up.
Game contents
Mastermind game console with built-in storage tray and code shield
108 Code pegs in 6 colors
30 Key pegs in 2 colors
Complete instructions
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10.5" x 11.5" x 2.25"
Played this as a kid. Have looked for it for a long time. I was excited to see it here.
Ben H on Dec 15, 2022
a game from childhood. great thinking skills game.
stephanie j on Dec 6, 2021
I used to play this game myself. Love the pad tool it comes in now. Mine had pegs that went in holes in the playing board. the pegs were always getting lost. Its a challenging game that requires logic and critical path thinking. Keeps the mine active and sharp. One of these is for me and my husband.
Sharon P on Dec 1, 2020
Sergey S on May 28, 2020
George G on Aug 22, 2017
fun for a couple to play in a brief period of time
Kathryn S on Aug 30, 2022
A childhood game that I loved playing with my family! I remember having to use real brain power and logic. Loved it.
Amber A on Nov 12, 2021
I loved this game as a child and wanted to share it with my kiddos
Trisha B on Jun 28, 2020
It confines the pieces and the code spot looks hinged and not knocked over easily
Ed M on Jul 25, 2018
good for logic practice
Susan N on Oct 28, 2015
I played Mastermind as a child, but I was wondering what's the difference between the original Mastermind and the Mastermind for Kids? Thanks!
User on Nov 30, 2015
Mastermind For Kids Game
BEST ANSWER: The games play essentially the same way. Mastermind for Kids is jungle themed and the six pegs are animal shapes as well as different colors. The code is only three colors long not four (like Mastermind).
Janice Staff on Nov 30, 2015
Great game, poor construction
I would give this 5 stars for being a really fun two-person game, but unfortunately it is cheaply made and the pieces are very tiny and hard to manipulate. Once you get used to that, though, it's a great game for all ages, and there are so many ways to play it. Note to manufacturer: Please consider redesigning the set! Make the game board and pieces larger, and use heavier plastic or other durable material.
Carole T
My mom sent this game to my husband and I because it is a 2 player game. It takes a few rounds to get the hang of but it's a lot of fun and never the same game twice. We really enjoy it. And the shipping was super quick too!
Brianna H
Mastermind was one of my most favorite games when I was growing up I actually bought a copy for my husband when we were dating long ago but somehow it got lost He said I had it in my apartment before we moved onto our farm ~ I say he had at his parent's home But regardless of all of that I recently bought it from Rainbow Resource for my daughter for Christmas because I knew my kids would just love it Turns out I was right about two things; one ~ my kids love this game and two ~ the game I bought my husband long ago is at his mom's house! Now the kids can play Mastermind at home and at Grandma's!
Angie Pfleiderer
My favorite teacher taught our class to play Mastermind back in third grade and I had been looking for this game since I had children of my own old enough to play it To play the code-maker chooses 4 colored pegs and places them behind a hidden area The code-breaker tries to guess the code in as few guesses as possible using the feedback s/he receives from the codemaker It is great for promoting logical and deductive reasoning
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Q: escaping metachar in javascripot regex I have a fragment of a string that I am looking for that begins and ends with the DOT . char.
I am trying to parse this in javascript with:
var regex = new RegExp('\\.([^\\.]+)\\.', '');
var ar = s.match(regex);

But it doesn't work.  What am I doing wrong?  By the way, there is more to the regex, but I think this is the part that is not working, as the other parts are so simple.

A: You can strip one level of escaping by using the regular expression literal syntax:
var regex = /\.([^.]+)\./;

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Sheriff Evangelidis Announces the Promotion of Lieutenant Bryan Doray of Auburn to the Rank of Captain
"The Worcester County Sheriff's Office is pleased to announce the promotion of Lieutenant Bryan Doray to the rank of Captain. Captain Doray will immediately begin serving in this important role and leadership position at our correctional facility. All promotions at the Worcester County Sheriff's Office are based on merit, work ethic and a dedication to duty. Congratulations to Captain Doray as he represents the best in the field of corrections today and will work hard to make us a better department." Said Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis.
Doray, a sixteen year veteran of the department, started his career with the Worcester County Sheriff's Office in November of 2004, was promoted to Sergeant in June of 2013, Lieutenant in 2015 and most recently to Captain.
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis presenting newly promoted Captain Bryan Doray of Auburn with insignia gold bars signifying his promotion to the rank of Captain [Submitted Photo]
Doray most recently served as Lieutenant of Inmate Special Management. He will now serve as Captain of the modular housing units. With the rank of Captain, he will also be responsible for commanding and supervising lieutenants, sergeants, correctional officers and staff under his charge as well as monitoring the care, custody and control of inmate activity ensuring the safety of both staff and inmates.
Captain Doray also serves in the WCSO Honor Guard, Special Operations Group and Military Peer Support Group.
The Worcester County Jail & House of Correction located in West Boylston is responsible for both pre-trial detainees and inmates sentenced to two and a half years or less. The correctional facility houses up to one thousand inmates and has a staff of over six hundred.


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European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos underlines the responsibility of companies, governments and citizens when it comes to cyber security
Insecurity, fear, instability. In governments, companies and banks. It is now proven beyond doubt, that cyberspace is one more battleground against organised crime and terrorism – whichever form this takes. We are lagging behind. This is a fact. We should have anticipated the urgency of cyber security. Now we must react. And it is better late than never.
Cybersecurity is critical both to our prosperity and our security.Cyber-threats threaten not only our citizens: they are threats to our democracies themselves. With so many experts in this room, you do not need ME to tell you about the global threat posed by cybercrime. As the European Commissioner in charge of Home Affairs, this issue is, of course, a top priority for me. In the Internet-dependent societies we live, it is an issue of truly global dimensions.
In the last year, we had more than 4,000 ransomware attacks per day, a 300% increase compared to 2015. The Wannacry attack in May affected more than 150 countries and over 230,000 systems. Even nuclear stations were affected. The nature of these threats has grown and changed in importance in three significant ways.
Firstly, by becoming strategic, because they endanger our critical infrastructure and threaten our democratic processes. Cybercrime has become instrumental in geopolitics and conflict – hybrid and otherwise. Secondly, by becoming endemic, as the threats spread like wildfire, from IT networks, into business-critical operations, and our critical infrastructure. Thirdly, by becoming universal: our omni-connectedness means that threats are more difficult to contain across networks, devices, or geographical regions.
Inaction is therefore no longer an option. This is an essential debate about the sustainability of our economies and our democratic institutions. In the European Union, even with delay – we recognised the importance to act, and tomorrow in Brussels, we will present concrete actions to address our cyber-insecurity. The actions are European, but the perspective is of course global.
This new cyber-strategy is built on three key pillars: – resilience, – deterrence, and – international co-operation. The focus of all the actions in this strategy is first operational. That is why the centrepiece of the resilience pillar of the strategy is to strengthen our operational Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), which is based in Greece.
ENISA gets a stronger mandate, more resources, and an operational role to support our Member States deal with cyber-threats. A crucial aspect here is skills and expertise. Hackers will only be deterred by people that can match their skills. We need to ensure that programmes for education and training include cybersecurity as a core part of academic and vocational training curricula.
Cybersecurity is a responsibility for all of us. From companies and governments to the last citizen using a connected device of any kind. Just think that 95% of successful attacks are said to be enabled by "some type of human error – intentional or not".
Cyber-hygiene for all therefore: awareness-raising, communication, training, skills-building, these are crucial and should be our priorities.
The second major pillar is deterrence. Successful deterrence requires effective detection, traceability, investigation and prosecution. We will only begin to turn the tide on cyber-attacks when we increase the chances of criminals getting caught and sanctioned for committing them.
Here, the Council of Europe Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is the cornerstone of our international partners to exchange information and electronic evidence. This is of course linked to the third pillar of our strategy: global cooperation, which is in my view the most critical – and the most relevant to our context this week at the United Nations.
Global cyber stability is a task that NO country and NO region can promote alone. It must come from all of us. The European Union will continue to advocate strongly that international law applies in cyberspace. I said it before: our security systems will always be as STRONG as the weakest link in the cyber-chain. The UN and NATO will be a key area of focus on the international arena. Our cooperation with NATO will deepen, especially in relation to threats of the well-known, 'hybrid' type.
Cyberspace – this amazing medium of interaction and innovation – unfortunately also offers unprecedented opportunities for criminals. Cyber security concerns all of us. All of us may become targets or victims. Our resilience and our means to deter attacks will be key to our future. Our perspective can only be global, for a threat which is borderless.
Remarks by Commissioner Avramopoulos at the event on 'strengthening the stability and international security of cyberspace', United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York New York, 18 September 2017
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Cheyenne Wagi is the Toxic Free Kids Program Manager at Toxic Free NC and a new member of the NC Lead and Healthy Homes Task Force. Before joining Toxic Free NC, she earned dual master's degrees in global public health and applied medical anthropology from the University of South Florida and dual bachelor's degrees in community health education and anthropology from UNC-Wilmington.
During her time at UNC-Wilmington, Cheyenne conducted research looking at the effects of marital status on neonatal outcomes and has since been exposed to many different maternal and child health issues, such as breastfeeding and infertility. While in graduate school, Cheyenne worked for Champions for Children, a nonprofit organization with a mission to reduce child abuse and neglect through building stronger families. Through this work and her education, she further developed her passion for collaborating with nonprofit organizations and working in maternal and child health. Since joining Toxic Free NC, she has also developed an interest in environmental justice.
The goal of the Toxic Free Kids Program is to reduce children's exposure to toxins in the environment. As Program Manager, Cheyenne plans programs, coordinates and conducts workshops and trainings on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and other pest related topics, and connects with stakeholders and other groups. Engaging with stakeholders and other groups, she says, "helps build environmental health champions in the environmental health community".
Cheyenne is most excited about her work when she is educating a community, which occurs often and in many different forms. She explains, "sometimes I conduct IPM workshops for childcare center employees and sometimes I'm teaching elementary school children about pollinators". She admits that learning about the whole world of childcare, including child advocacy and child health organizations, is a huge undertaking because there is such a large group of people working on so many different causes, and it can be difficult to know who to contact.
Luckily, being part of the NC Lead and Healthy Homes Task Force provides Cheyenne and Toxic Free NC with connections to increase leverage at childcare centers and awareness of other issues besides pests and pesticides. Since joining Toxic Free NC, Cheyenne has participated in two Task Force meetings and she says, "it's a great community of organizations and a good fit for Toxic Free NC".


The holiday season means different things for different people. For many, it's a magical time to get together with family and visit with old friends. There are family traditions, lots of food, fights, introductions, gifts, family reunions, and more!
One of the best things about the holidays (other than all the delicious food) is going back to my childhood home. My dad makes gumbo every year. We exchange gifts in my parents living room and laugh at a number of inside jokes. The house is filled with so many fond memories.
Over the years, the inside of the house has changed -- furniture's been moved, carpet has made way to wood floors, my childhood bedroom has turned into a guest room, and the toys, books, and posters from my youth have been put in boxes. Every year, I'm greeted with some new addition or change.
Every year, seeing the house change reminds me of the ways I've also changed and grown. New professional accomplishments, friends made, hobbies picked up or lost, etc. Every time I go back, I'm reminded of how far I've come from the year before.
No matter how you spend your holiday this year, we hope you take some time to reflect on the previous year, celebrate how you've grown and changed, and make plans for the year ahead.
On behalf of everyone at The Memo, we wish you and your loved ones the happiest of holidays and a wonderful year ahead!


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Another Tragedy. . . Beginning the Day After. . .
It's all over the news. . . and it should be. And as is always the case in the minutes, hours, days, and weeks after, social media is overflowing with finger-pointing and arguments over solutions. We've heard that before, as well. These discussions must be had, for sure. But I would suggest that our first step should be to run and run fast to the soveriegn Lord of all creation. And so, this morning I will simply share these two passages from the Psalms that expose both a profound truth and an earnest resolve. . .
← Fifty Shades Freed. . . A Plea To Christian Parents And Youth Workers. . .


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The mistletoe is found but rarely upon the oak; and when found is gathered with due religious ceremony, if possible on the sixth day of the moon (for it is by the moon that they measure their months and years, and also their ages of thirty years). ... They call the mistletoe by a name meaning the all-healing. Having made preparation for sacrifice and a banquet beneath the trees, they bring their two white bulls, whose horns are bound then for the first time. Clad in a white robe, the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle and it is received by others in a white cloak. Then they kill the victims, praying that God will render this gift of his propitious to those to whom he has granted it. They believe that the mistletoe, taken in drink, imparts fecundity to barren animals, and that it is an antidote for all poisons. Such are the religious feelings that are entertained towards trifling things by many peoples.
Pliny Historia Naturalis XVI 249
A bloke who says he knows told me that there are only about twelve oaks bearing mistletoe in Britain: and recently there's been a fresh lead from druids who've probably found a new one. It's nice to know that they're around, but that's not much help in obtaining some. So, as its unlikely that we'll have a sprig of oak-mistletoe this season, let's pay homage to one of the very few ancient druid rituals that we know about by examining the valuable quotation above.....
Gathered on the sixth day of the moon - why the sixth? Pliny gives a reason, They choose this day because the moon, though not yet in the middle of her course, has already considerable influence - not a good reason for being so very specific. Why not the fifth or the seventh? Did the druids have a system of symbolic number unknown to old Pliny - perhaps one shared by Pythagoras? In numerology terms, the number six is equated with success, harmony, balance, equilibrium and rewards: think of the tarot card of the king riding victoriously at the head of his troops. Set between the tricksy, initiatory five and the magical, contentious seven, six, like four, has a pleasing solidity and groundedness: it anchors us in the real world. What better day to start your spells? As the Romans observed, the Brits counted their calendar dates by nights - our direct link back to this being our everyday use of the word fortnight. And don't forget the wonderful sennight - a seven night, a week. It may be archaic, but it's still in the dictionaries. So the date was calculated by the night and by the stage of the moon, with its ripening sickle racing to the first quarter. But the rite was held in the day, in the eye of the sun.
they bring their two white bulls, whose horns are bound then for the first time -
This incorporates three important symbolic points:
1. White is traditionally the colour of the otherworld, as expressed by the suffix wen or wyn as in Hedwyn, Prydwyn, Gwyn ap Nudd - it's a good party game to list as many as you can. Wyn or wen means holy and fair. The hounds of Annwn are white with red extremities - the red presumably signifying life and the fact that they can hunt between the worlds - and the white stag and other white totemic animals are usually a n indicator of an otherworldly adventure. So the colour of the bulls says that they are set apart, sacred to more than just being themselves in the animal kingdom, and possibly capable of acting as links between the world of form and the otherworlds.
2. Bulls are solar creatures: with their strength, vigour, potency and endurance they share the properties of the ever-giving Sun as masculine God-forms. We can only conjecture just what monetary worth the Celts put on this marvellous creature, but there are mythological tales about the wars fought in Ireland over their possession ... So the sacrifice tells us of the huge importance of the rite and of the wealth that the people were able to commit to it. The fact that the bulls are being sacrificed so near to the solstice could indicate a range of possibilities: that they are messengers to the Sun, which is visibly growing weaker and withdrawing from the earth at this time: that their blood feeds the land; that the Solar Lord must retreat into the darkness of death in order to be reborn; that the lunar (white and green) mistletoe descends from its magical place in the sky now to be brought fully into this world and bring its gifts as a result of this exchange.
3. The bulls have their horns bound for the first time: what does this mean? Does it indicate the youth of the bulls, representing the Sun-energy as that of warrior, in his full strength and vigour? Young bulls were also presumably of more worth, with working lives and potential as studs before them, so choosing them must have been a way of adding extra honour to this very rare and unusual ceremony.
...the priest ascends the tree...
Well, he must ascend, to get to the mistletoe. But I've always imagined this ceremony with the priest climbing onto the bull's back to get to the plant. If this was so - and it's pure conjecture - it equates to magical practice as we know it from sources such as the Mabinogion. Think of Lleu Llau Gyffes, half hero, half Solar Lord. He has a mysterious birth, sustained not by his mother but by his uncle/father, and he is a sacrifice, performed by a Lord of Winter, of the Hunt, with the connivance of the plant kingdom, in the person of his flower-bride. As with all rituals/life events from this source, Lleu can only be killed in a very prescribed way: the seemingly undignified manner of his death, including goats, balancing and ceremonial bathing speak of the liminal space needed for a heroes death to be acknowledged on both sides of the veil: he is neither clothed nor naked, wet nor dry, on earth or in the air for this very special ritual. Can we find an echo of this in the priest's position; not on earth, not in the sky, not riding (ie not on a horse) standing on the back of a solar symbol in order to cull the lunar fruit of the otherworld? It remains a potent image for me.
...cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle...
Can one get a cutting edge on gold, renowned for its softness? Some say yes: one druid says that he's done it, but I've no evidence. The image in my mind is of the incredibly tough stem of the mistletoe, straight and green, thin and strong as the bones of a bird. I can imagine cutting some soft herbal matter with a golden blade, but not the mistletoe. Balancing up a tree, with acolytes with a white cloth all ready to receive the offering as it falls, I'd rather not try it. Obviously gold is important as another solar symbol and must be present, but if I ever aspire to such dizzy heights as to be the hub of such a ritual, my sickle will be gold- handled, possibly with a flint blade.
...Having made preparation for sacrifice and a banquet beneath the trees,
Well, sacrifice is interpreted differently in our spiritual practice. With every ritual, every statement of intent, we lay our integrity on the line and try to act with honesty. This ritual is to gather a magical herb called 'all-heal', so if we follow the example and use the mistletoe magically for health in whatever aspect, the individual has to decide the 'trade-off' involved, if any. The banquet is essential: the intensity of high ritual must be followed by a reaction: loosening the stays and whooping it up a bit to bring yourself. back down to earth. OBOD Midwinter Gathering regulars know that a ceremony at Chalice Well will lead inexorably to high jinks on the dance floor in the Town Hall by ten pm.
Then they kill the victims, praying that God will render this gift of his propitious to those...
OK, it appears that we gently disengage at this point. Praying and killing: food for thought here. Modern druidry is less about worship, more about relationship, our personal relationship with the divine; and therefore any meaningful sacrifice could not involve any third party. Most sacrifices, I expect, will be of our time and energy. Offerings on the other hand, especially in the form of thanks and gratitude, are omitted from any ritual at our peril. The punishment is not from the Gods, who will gently exit our sphere, but from ourselves, self-condemned to pursue a joyless, ungrateful way in this world of wonders. Gratitude is possibly the most magical impulse in the universe: discuss.
A last couple of thoughts.
We can never have a deep understanding of what our druidic forebears got up to, but from an observation of druidry today, this next quote from Pliny still holds true;
At the present day, Britannia is still fascinated by magic, and performs its rites with much ceremony..... (Pliny Historia Naturalis XXX, 13)
Sso hurrah for all of us who still add to the richness of our lives with druidic practice. And I have good reason to concur with the power of the sixth day after the new moon: that's today, and I woke from a deep sleep with this article complete in my head. So here it is.
Happy solstice.


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Affliction Trilogy = CANCELLED (Updated with Press Release)
Last updated on July 24th, 2009
The worst possible ending to the most hectic week in MMA history.
In a matter of days Affliction Entertainment's "Trilogy" event when from promising the top heavyweight fight in mixed martial arts to being cancelled outright, multiple sources confirmed to SI.com Friday morning.
Affliction Entertainment vice president began making calls with the news Friday morning to fighters scheduled to appear on the Aug. 1 card, SI.com has learned.
Here's the official press release:
Affliction Trilogy Cancelled
Seal Beach, California (July 24, 2009) – The highly anticipated fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett at the Affliction Trilogy MMA show has been cancelled. The mega fight was scheduled to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim on August 1st. The unforeseen license denial of Josh Barnett gave Affliction limited time to find a replacement and adequately promote the new main event.
"Finding an opponent for the number one ranked MMA heavy weight champion in such a short period of time was a huge endeavor and I'm thrilled at the amount of fighters willing to take on this challenge," said Tom Atencio, vice president of Affliction Entertainment. "But in the end, we just didn't have enough time to promote a new fight to our standards."
Affliction is deeply disappointed that the under card is also cancelled through no fault of its own. Affliction stands behind the company's brands and delivers premium products to the most passionate and loyal customers. Affliction's first priority is to ensure that all future events live up to the company's high standards.
Ticket holders for the canceled event should contact Ticketmaster or ticketmaster.com for a refund.


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Dr. Pettinger's career as a consultant spans nearly two decades and includes hundreds of failure analysis investigations. He is well known for his strong track record of delivery in complex, large loss projects where he brings deep technical expertise, a unique big-picture understanding of operational needs, and a proven yet practical approach. Over the years, Dr. Pettinger has been tapped to build and lead multidisciplinary technical teams on issues of national and international significance.
Well-known for his expertise in the mechanical behavior of materials, Dr. Pettinger is routinely consulted on issues related to design, reliability, durability, controllability, operation, performance, and regulatory compliance of equipment and machinery. His experience spans the full lifecycle of the equipment, from the initial design phases to transportation, installation, operation, maintenance, and failure analysis.
Dr. Pettinger has analyzed and developed design solutions for a wide spectrum of industries, including construction, manufacturing, and transportation. He is routinely called upon to investigate issues related to industrial machinery such as pumps, actuators, hydraulic systems, gears, engines, bolted connections, fans, and turbines. Dr. Pettinger has also consulted on patent validity for mechanical apparatus and assisted manufacturers of consumer and commercial products with product recalls.
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